A Project of the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy
and the National Center for Charitable Statistics
From Cradle to Career:
Creating High-Performing Partnerships
with D.C. Public Schools
Monday, July 19, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Four years ago, educators, nonprofits, elected officials, corporations , and the philanthropic community banded together in Greater Cincinnati for a common purpose: help each child succeed from birth to meaningful careers. Today, this public-private partnership, known as Strive, unites a broad swath of committed individuals and organizations around shared issues, goals, measurements and results, and then actively supports and strengthens strategies that eliminates the cracks children might fall through.
Jeff Edmondson, Strive Together’s executive director, discussed how the coalition is helping students meet five key benchmarks toward success in and out of school; and how working groups address activities ranging from early childhood education to college retention.
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